The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its and number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there were18 members of the U.S. House of Representatives elected from Illinois in 2012. Therefore, Illinois had 20 electoral votes in the 2012 election.
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A majority. Since there are currently 538 votes, 270 votes are required.
Republican contender McCain carried 22 states and won 173 electoral votes in his loss to Democrat Barack Obama.
John Quincy Adams was the only President who did not receive a majority of the electoral votes. There was a dispute over the credentials of some of the electors in 1876, but after the dispute was settled, Rutherford Hayes won a majority of the electoral vote.
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You must receive a majority of votes by the electoral college.
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Hilary Clinton did not receive electoral votes from Georgia in the 2016 election. Georgia cast its 16 electoral votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
In order to elect a president , one candidate must receive more than half the votes. If more than two candidates receive votes, then it is possible that no one will get the required majority and you could say the electoral college is deadlocked. As of 2014, with the total of electoral votes being 538, it is also possible that two candidates could each receive 269. This tie vote would sent the election to the US Congress.